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Around 7 in every 1000 morbidly obese people are missing a section of their DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that contains around 30 genes, say the results of an EU-funded project published in the journal Nature. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London in the UK and ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered 30 new genes that control the age at which girls reach sexual maturity. Furthermore, many of these genes are known to be involved in how the body metabolises fat. The findings could explain why some girls are more likely to go ...